| Social,
Cultural, Literary and Environmental Activities
Nagathihalli Chandrashekar is greatly involved in socio cultural activities.
He founded the Vivekananda Youth Club in his village, Nagathihalli, in 1977. Rural
developmental activities such as educating farmers on modern agricultural methods,
planting of trees, contributing to the
construction of schools, bringing awareness
among villagers on primary health care, etc are carried out under the banner of
the club.
Chandrashekar has also founded ‘Abhivyakti’,
a non-profit cultural forum involved in various literary and
social activities like publication of books, conducting inter-caste marriages, etc. Abhivyakti has
published 19 books
so far, of these 12 titles are penned by Chandrashekar himself.
Several seminars on varied subjects and workshops have been conducted by this organization.
Nagathihalli Chandrashekar is also an environmental
activist. He has actively campaigned for various environmental issues. As part of
an environmental movement, he has delivered a series of lectures in villages on
the topic of, “Save the Western Ghats.” He has also released an audio cassette,
“Naanu Hadedavva” on environmental issues. His deep concerns for the environment
finds an expression in his latest film, “Mathad Mathadu Mallige” [Speak,
O Speak Jasmine!]. |
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